Sometimes a Great Notion

Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)

December 17th, 19711h 54min

Action, Adventure, Drama
70%

Overview

Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue working despite the town going broke and the other loggers go on strike ordering the Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to push his family on cutting more trees. Hank's wife wishes he would stop and hopes that they can spend more time together. When Hank's half brother Leland comes to work for them, more trouble starts.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Straight Outta Compton

Straight Outta Compton


Released on: 2015-08-11
Drama, Music, History

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and ...

The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life


Released on: 2011-05-17
Drama, Fantasy

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the e...

Train Dreams

Train Dreams


Released on: 2025-11-05
Drama

A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental cha...

Stakeout

Stakeout


Released on: 1987-08-05
Action, Comedy, Romance

Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them...

The Binding

The Binding


Released on: 2024-11-09
Drama

Binyamin moved to Tel Aviv after coming out as gay and facing the trauma following his brother death...

Waterfront

Waterfront


Released on: 1939-07-15
Action, Crime, Drama

A hard-living dockworker finds religion until his brother is murdered.

Heartbeats

Heartbeats


Released on: 2017-06-30
Music, Romance, Drama

When a bubbly American hip hop dancer goes to India with her family for a wedding, she is impressed ...

Mandy

Mandy


Released on: 2018-09-13
Fantasy, Action, Horror

The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-...

Where Is Dead?

Where Is Dead?


Released on: 1975-09-10
Drama

In this quiet, naturalistic dramatic short, six-year old Sarah grapples with understanding mortality...

The Devil's Rejects

The Devil's Rejects


Released on: 2005-07-22
Drama, Horror, Crime

The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who ...

The Iron Claw

The Iron Claw


Released on: 2023-12-21
History, Drama

The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive ...

Roaring Timber

Roaring Timber


Released on: 1937-07-03
Adventure, Drama, Romance

Jim Sherwood , toughest logging boss in the timber country, takes on his toughest assignment when he...

Timberjack

Timberjack


Released on: 1955-02-18
Music, Action, Western

A young man seeks his father's killers among lumberjacks, and discovers that they are actually timbe...

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

FernGully: The Last Rainforest


Released on: 1992-04-10
Family, Fantasy, Animation, Adventure

When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical f...

The Fence

The Fence


Released on: 2026-04-08
Drama

A vast public works project in West Africa. Horn, the construction site manager, and Cal, a young en...

Imajin[Asih]

Imajin[Asih]


Released on: 2024-04-26
Drama

A year after her parents divorced, Asih found a comic book written by her which contained her imagin...

The Daughter

The Daughter


Released on: 2015-10-09
Drama

In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father Henry’...

Raise Your Voice

Raise Your Voice


Released on: 2004-08-10
Music, Drama, Romance, Family

A coming-of-age story centered around a small-town singer brokenhearted by the death of her brother ...

The Knockout

The Knockout


Released on: 1925-08-23
Drama

A Lambert Hillyer silent romantic love triangle boxing sports lumberjack logging melodrama about a w...

Lumberjacks

Lumberjacks


Released on: 1982-10-21
Drama

About the everyday life of lumberjacks who seek solace in vodka, which becomes the cause of many tro...